Paul Sarbanes
Paul Sarbanes
Paul Spyros Sarbanes, is an American politician and member of the Democratic Party from Maryland who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1971 to 1977 and as a United States Senator from 1977 to 2007. Sarbanes is the longest-serving senator in Maryland history, a record that will be surpassed by Barbara Mikulski by a single day when her term ends on January 3, 2017...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth3 February 1933
CountryUnited States of America
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Obviously, if the 'books are cooked,' investors can't have confidence. This leads to the erosion of confidence in the transparency of American capital markets, which have been a tremendous asset and important economic engine to the United States.
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You have to make your voice heard, argue your point of view, make sure that your arguments are well informed, listen to those who disagree with you, giving careful consideration to opposing views and be willing to see your views tested in what we call 'the free marketplace of ideas'.
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I think she's providing extraordinary leadership, ... She's brought in some very distinguished faces, a lot of energy and life into the school. I really admire her.
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It is critically important for the administration to move quickly to appoint credible new economic leaders who understand Main Street America and the investing public; who are committed to creating new jobs all across America; and who will focus on restoring confidence in the financial markets and addressing corporate malfeasance,
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Maryland is happy and proud to have this opportunity to provide world-class medical care for our soldiers, sailors, airmen and Marines.
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I think it's fair to say I don't think it's going to change in this Congress.
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I think the president would serve his own interests if he asked the SEC to release all of that material, ... I think until they do that, people will keep pulling at that thread.
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We are facing a crisis of confidence that is eroding the public's trust in our markets, and poses a real threat to our economic health, ... The strain on the economy is deep and spreading.
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He was a critical partner in our efforts to enact legislation to curb corporate abuse. ... We were united in our objective to restore investors' confidence in the integrity of our capital markets, which had been so egregiously undermined,
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unparalleled experience as a judge and prosecutor, and as director of the FBI and of the CIA makes him a superb choice.
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You have some way-out requirements, and the company says that's what Sarbanes-Oxley says we have to do, but these changes are neither in the act nor in the regulations implementing the act, ... I don't know where some of these things came from.
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to become a public person by assuming a public office is to submit willingly to the ethical 'overtones' of the office.
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We are confronting a situation in which the Administration, in my view, is once again manufacturing a crisis. There is no crisis in the Social Security system. The system is not on the verge of bankruptcy.